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OK, here is not fun thread, but I think it's important to at least try to discuss.

Just wanted to let you younger guys know that some serious crap is going on the world right now. Stuff like this happens once a generation. I know it's probably boring to a lot of you, but you should at least pay a bit of attention.

In the span of a few weeks:

Tunisia had riots and overthrew their government. Their dictator fled the country with over a ton of government gold.

This is crazy stuff. The vast majority of the Middle East is unstable right now. Very different times than what we are used to.

Unfortunately, most of the people protesting do not like the US due to us propping up their dictators. I can't blame them. But a lot of these places may end up going theocratic fundamentalist Muslim (think Iran) instead of a democratic/republic type system.

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Guys, lets not **** this up and get political, this thread needs to stay open. I've heard a lot about what's going on with these situations (you could collectively call it one) the past few weeks, and what happens in these situations will shape the future of not only these countries, but the regions, and the rest of the world.

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Guys, lets not **** this up and get political, this thread needs to stay open. I've heard a lot about what's going on with these situations (you could collectively call it one) the past few weeks, and what happens in these situations will shape the future of not only these countries, but the regions, and the rest of the world.

Exactly!!! No politics. Just report what we are hearing. I do agree completely that there is a good chance that this is going to be world shaping.

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This will not only impact the Middle East, but it will also heavily impact Europe. A lot of people are going to be fleeing these countries and try to start new lives in Europe.

That will shape the landscape there as well.

Think about how bad off many of the economies are in Europe now.

There are actually food riots in Albania now where a few protestors have been killed.

Stuff like this can spread like wild fire. Remember that when the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, it was by a Serbian. This was a big deal, but it wasn't a huge pan-European event, yet it caused an avalanche effect that led to a horrible war.

That won't happen today, but the world is kind of unstable right now due to the economic issues we are having.

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There are actually food riots in Albania now where a few protestors have been killed.

Stuff like this can spread like wild fire. Remember that when the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, it was by a Serbian. This was a big deal, but it wasn't a huge pan-European event, yet it caused an avalanche effect that led to a horrible war.

That won't happen today, but the world is kind of unstable right now due to the economic issues we are having.

From a financial perspective, manufacturing countries will see a boost in their economy from the sales of firearms etc.

This isn't a 1 week thing. This is basically the beginning of what seems to be a revolution.